Fugees

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The group Fugees was made in 1993, American hip-hop - band , which comprises three members: Wyclef Jean , Lauryn Hill and Pras Michel insisted. In the 1990s, it was one of the most famous hip-hop groups.

Career

They released the album Blunted on Reality after being on stage for a relatively long time, but the album failed to live up to their audience's expectations. Despite the failure of the first album, The Score became one of the best-selling albums in 1996 and was one of the first rap albums with significant reggae influences. The Fugees were known for their unusual choice of covered songs and samples. For example, The Score included covers of No Woman, No Cry ( Bob Marley ), and Killing Me Softly ( Lori Lieberman ).

separation

To date, the Fugees have not officially revealed why they split after The Score . Rumors circulated that Hill and Jean had a serious argument. The fact is, however, that Hill became pregnant for the first time in 1997 and as a result initially decided against continuing his career. She later celebrated the situation at that time in her song Zion (on her 1998 solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill ):

"Look at your career" they said,
"Lauryn, Baby, use your head!"
But instead I chose to use my heart.

Years later, in an MTV Masters interview, she said that she had "moved in an unhealthy direction" and that Zion (her first child and thus probably the main reason for the separation) was her "salvation. Success will pass, but my family will still love me next year and the year after next. "

Regardless of this, like Michel and Jean, she started a successful solo career.

comeback

Seven years after their separation, the three appeared together again for the first time in Dave Chappelle's Block Party ; after that they gave concerts again as The Fugees . In 2006 the single Take It Easy was released.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1994	Blunted on Reality	-	-	-	UK- silver UK	US- gold US	First published: February 1, 1994
1996	The Score	DE1 × 3 Triple gold (47 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (28 weeks)AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (44 weeks)CH	UK2 × 5 Quintuple platinum (92 weeks)UK	US1 × 6 Six-fold platinum (64 weeks)US	First published: February 13, 1996 Sales worldwide: 20,000,000

Remix albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1996	Bootleg Versions	-	-	-	UK55 silver (6 weeks)UK	US127 (13 weeks) US	First published: November 26, 1996

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2003	Greatest hits	-	-	CH44 (7 weeks) CH	UK- silver UK	-	First published: March 25, 2003

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1994	Nappy Heads Blunted on Reality	-	-	-	-	US49 (16 weeks) US	First published: February 1, 1994
1996	Fu-Gee-La The Score	DE6th gold (19 weeks)DE	AT14 (12 weeks) AT	CH9 (9 weeks) CH	UK21 (5 weeks) UK	US29 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: January 9, 1996
	Killing Me Softly The Score	DE1 × 2 Double platinum (24 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (21 weeks)AT	CH1 gold (28 weeks)CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (23 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 31, 1996
	Ready or Not The Score	DE8 (15 weeks) DE	AT17 (12 weeks) AT	CH23 (10 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (15 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 29, 1996
	No Woman, No Cry The Score	DE33 (11 weeks) DE	AT40 (1 week) AT	CH23 (10 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (13 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 1996

More singles

• 1993: Boof Baf
• 1994: Vocab

Singles as guest musicians

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1997	Rumble in the Jungle When We Were Kings (OST)	DE85 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK3 (12 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 27, 1997 with Busta Rhymes , A Tribe Called Quest & John Forté
	Hip-Hopera My Xperience	-	-	-	-	US81 (5 weeks) US	First published: February 11, 1997 Bounty Killer featuring Fugees

Awards for music sales

Golden record  France 1997: for the album Blunted on Reality 1997: for the single No Woman, No Cry  Italy 2019: for the single Killing Me Softly  Japan 1998: for the album The Score  New Zealand 1996: for the single No Woman, No Cry  Norway 1996: for the album The Score  Sweden 1996: for the single Killing Me Softly

Platinum record  Australia 1996: for the album The Score  Belgium 1996: for the album The Score 1996: for the single Killing Me Softly  France 1996: for the single Killing Me Softly  New Zealand 1996: for the album The Score 1996: for the single Killing Me Softly  Netherlands 1996: for the album The Score 1996: for the single Killing Me Softly  Norway 1996: for the single Killing Me Softly  Poland 1996: for the album The Score  Sweden 1996: for the album The Score  Spain 1997: for the album The Score

3 × platinum record  Australia 1996: for the single Killing Me Softly 4 × platinum record  Denmark 2018: for the album The Score 5 × platinum record  Europe 1999: for the album The Score  Canada 1996: for the album The Score Diamond record  France 1997: for the album The Score

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	280,000	Individual evidence
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	100,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	80,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	2,000,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	5 × platinum5	-	(5,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
France (SNEP)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	diamond1	1,725,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	gold1	-	-	100,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	-	5 × platinum5	-	500,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	37,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	175,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	30,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	50,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	-	platinum1	-	100,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	95,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	125,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	-	platinum1	-	100,000	Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	-	6,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	-	8 × platinum8th	-	3,680,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	11 × gold11	50 × platinum50	diamond1

Web links

• Fugees at laut.de
• Fugees at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ^ The Score - US sales
3. ^ Platinum for The Score in Australia
4. ↑ 3 × platinum for Killing Me Softly in Australia